Turnpike Vote Near As County Delivers Ballot Boxes
Ballot boxes and election supplies were sent to 56 precincts for the statewide vote tomorrow on three new turnpikes in Oklahoma. Voting hours vary by location, with city polling at 6 am to 7 pm and rural precincts from 8 am to 1 am the next day. Campaigns by the Lawton Jaycees and others aim to boost turnout, including a $175 cash prize drawing for three voters.
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Frances Byars
Comanche County Election Board
Oklahoma
Mileweather
Lawton
Lawton Jaycees and
Janes
Citizens Turnpike of Ane Ne Pte
Jaycees
Turnpike
Security Bank and Trust Lobby
Cast Your Ballot At These Places Cast Your Ballot At These Places
Voters are directed to polling locations by ward and precinct. Ward 1 sites include Bethlehem Baptist Church 101 N First and McKinley School, with several other addresses listed such as Dunn Residence 608 Bell and Washington School. Ward 2 locations cover Standard Realty 2108 Ft Sill Blvd and a Fire Station at 17th and Ferris, among others. Ward 3 offers Brown residence 104 Gore, Courthouse, Elks Lodge 1001, and Trinity Baptist Church 1906 Gore. Ward 5 lists Creagle residence 215 Summit and Lincoln School 306 Monroe. See VOTING PLACES, Page 2.
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Bethlehem Baptist Church
N. First
McKinley School
Dunn
Bell
Washington School
Sir Blvd
Woodrow Wilson School
Baptist Church
Columbia
Standard Realty
Sill Blvd
Whiter School
Ferris
Taft School
Christian Church
Greer
Kinyon
Swinney School
Brown
Gore
Courthouse
Elks Lodge
Dutcher
LeFors
Trinity Baptist Church
Methodist
S. 25Th
Creagle
Summit
Lincoln School
Smith
Monroe
Will Rogers
Brandon
Si S
Oklahoma City Election Facts on Turnpike Bills
Election facts note Tuesday's vote on two legislative bills for three privately financed turnpikes. Polls run 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. in cities and adjacent precincts, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in rural precincts. All registered voters may vote with same-day re registration.
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Oklahoma City
Drizzle Forecast For Pike Election
Oklahoma City dispatch notes drizzly weather across parts of the state predicting turnout effects for Tuesday's toll road vote. Farmers may stay home if rain limits attendance while anti toll forces count on rural voters. Polls open at 6 am to decide on three new toll roads as temperatures rise and precipitation drizzles continue.
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Senate
State Highway Department
Oklahoma City
Weather Bureau
Hemingway and wife survive two jungle plane crashes
Ernest Hemingway and his wife, aboard a chartered plane during a big game expedition in East Central Africa, survived two crashes without injury. After a first crash near Murchison Falls the pair were rescued and taken to Butiaba, then a second crash near Lake Albert occurred but left them unharmed on the journey toward Entebbe.
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Kampala
Uganda
Ernest Hemingway
Civilization
Hemingway
Chical
Upper Nile
Murchison Falls
Hemingways
Entebbe
Lake Victoria
R. C. Jude
British Overseas Airways Corporation
BOAC
India Reds Assail Release Of POWs Vote
PANMUNJOM India joined Communist Poland and Czechoslovakia in a 3 2 vote of the Korean Repatriation Commission disapproving the release of nearly 22 000 anti Red Korean and Chinese prisoners by the UN Command Swiss and Swedish delegates backed the Allied action Commission Chairman Lt Gen K S Thimayya said the vote was taken to record the delegations views The outcome was expected India had supported the Red position in three prior sessions that prisoners remain in captive status until fate is decided by a Korean peace conference.
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Panmunjom
India
Poland
Czechoslovakia
U.N. Command
Commission
K. S. Thimayya
Red
British French Views On Cold War In Berlin Talks
In Berlin the Soviet Union Britain and France outlined approaches to end Europe’s cold war ills as the Big Four foreign ministers met. John Foster Dulles chaired the opening session and the discussions continued behind closed doors in the American sector. France urged negating German militarism by binding Germany within a peaceful Western community while proposing to settle German and Austrian issues before Asiatic questions. Britain pressed for fresh guarantees amid the closed door talks.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Europe
U. S
John Foster ‘Dulles
Allied Control Authority
March of Dimes Drive Lagging in Comanche County
Comanche County polio fundraiser shows only 4250 raised as Eugene L. Bowman urges 100 percent Mothers March on Polio participation. An army of 1700 county women will canvass neighborhoods from 6 to 730 p m Thursday with porchlight signals as the drive continues, and mail responses are running weak.
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Comanche County
Eugene L. Bowman
Bowman
Eisenhower urges four more years of public housing program
President Eisenhower outlines an eight point plan to expand federal housing and proposes authorization of four more years of public housing with 140 000 new units to be started at a 35 000 annual rate. He calls for private enterprise support and underwritten long term mortgages for homeless families. He seeks 700 million in federal loan funds 250 million in grants for city slum rehabilitation FHA mortgage insurance for aging homes higher loan limits removing barriers to rehab and gradual privatization of the Federal National Mortgage Association.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Ex-PW Sick Says Attorney Reports on Dickenson
Ex prisoner of war Dickenson described as quite a sick man by attorney Lt Col Hendrick said he was shocked when charges of unlawfully dealing with the enemy were read. An inquiry will decide if he faces a court martial amid Defense Department concerns and threats after the announcement.
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Washington
Kawara
Dickenson
Edward W. Hendrick
Crackers Neck
Hendrick
Wilton B. Persons Jr
Army
Defense Department
Norman F. Sprowl
Washington Command
Sprowl
West Vn
Libert
John
A. Hannah
Reds
Warm Front Brings Fog Over Lawton Area
A warm Gulf air mass moved northward across Lawton early today, with a cold front threatening sub zero readings. Temperatures rose from 32 to 55 by noon as dense fog reduced visibility to near zero. Four airline flights were canceled or bypassed. By 10:30 a.m. the fog dispersed and sunshine returned, with a forecast for continued warmth and partly cloudy skies through Tuesday.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Central Airlines
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Continental Airlines
el Paso
Kansas City
Mercury
13 Gun Salute Honors General Dean At Sill
Maj Gen William F Dean, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, tours Army installations at the Artillery Center with Maj Gen Charles E Hart. He greeted troops of the 602nd Field Artillery Battalion and the 522nd, spoke with soldiers from the 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division, and traveled to Postfield for a two day stay ending with further inspections.
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General Dean
Sill
William F
Works Artillery Center
602Nd Field Artillery
Sed Infantry
Tevet
McNate Hall
Kat
Dean
Taejon
South Korea
Charles E. Hart
Marvin E. Williams
522Nd
21St Infantry Regiment
Postfield
Area Weather Forecast Update
Forecast shows clearing skies this afternoon with partial cloud cover and warmer temperatures. High near 60 expected, reading 32 today with yesterday’s high of 60 noted.
Fantastic Swindler Trips Over Atom
A. y Warren ly said Fase represented himself as the discoverer of atomic energy a Baptist minister and author of books. The fragmentary report portrays a swindler whose claims tangled in a public misstatement. Further details remain unclear due to damaged text.
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A. Y Warrenly
Fase
Aggie band clinic draws 300 musicians from 21 schools
About 300 student musicians from 21 southwestern Oklahoma high schools gathered at Cameron College gym for the second annual Aggie band clinic. Divided into Red and Blue bands, they rehearsed 10 selections each under directors from 19 high schools and planned two concerts starting at 8 p.m. The event is co sponsored by Cameron College and the Southern Oklahoma Band Masters Association.
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Southwestern Oklahoma
Cameron College
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Atom
Ag Clinic
Southern Oklahoma Bandmasters Association
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George Walters
Lawton Junior High School
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